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CAN’T KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF
RHINO HIDE
You have to feel it to believe it!

At first look ‘Rhino Hide’ Hosta appears to be a good fake plastic plant, so different than any other Hosta. Fascinating leaves of extremely thick substance, thicker than all other hostas, are cupped and puckered—just like a rhinoceros hide. They have wide, blue margins and a narrow, light green center that brightens to yellow.  100% slug proof. White flowers top the scapes (hosta flower stems) in summer. Matures to a medium to large sized clump. You’ll want to plant this beguiling beast in a place that is easy to get to as everyone will want to touch it. Extremely hard to find Hosta, limited availability.

Regal splendor lives up to its royal moniker
‘Lord Clayton’ Tall Garden Phlox, Phlox paniculata

Eggplant purple foliage with lime green veins sets the throne for its majestic cherry-red blooms. Striking, stunning, spectacular! Words cannot convey the beauty of this plant. Very long blooming, its large, brilliantly colored blooms
appear continually throughout
summer on 36-48” stems. Good disease resistance.
 

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‘Shimmer’ Evening
Primrose Onethera.
Extremely narrow, almost silver leaves have such incredible texture that it is
destined to be one of the most valuable foliage plants. Its great attributes continue with its dazzling lemon-yellow 3” flowers that burst on the scene in spring and continue sporadically throughout summer. Fragrant, easy to grow, 10”.

Loaded with fragrance and butterfly appeal in a small easy to maintain package

‘Lo and Behold Blue Chip’ Butterflybush, Buddleia

This breakthrough beauty has all the wonderful traits as the traditional varieties yet stays under 3’ tall. You’ll begin to succumb to its joyous charms as you watch the large, deep lavender-blue panicles emerge. It’s wonderful display begins in summer and continues into fall. ‘Blue Chip’s’ delightful sweet aroma and the propensity to attract colorful butterflies makes it utterly irresistible. Perfect for containers.

'Bloomerang' Everblooming Lilac

Grace your garden with wave after wave of intoxicating scent and luscious blossoms

We were so excited last year when the repeat-blooming lilac 'Josee' made the scene.  Now we're upping the ante with the introduction of 'Bloomerang,' which is the result of a cross between 'Josee' and another lilac -- the result being a compact, fragrant flowering machine.

'Bloomerang' reaches 4' tall and wide, which makes it a good specimen plant or screening plant. It will bloom best in full sun with rich, well-drained soil.  'Bloomerang' produces multitudes of deliciously scented blossoms from spring until frost. 

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'Invincibelle Spirit' Hydrangea

The first ever pink Smooth Hydrangea

Hydrangea arborescens

You'll have your gardening friends hanging on your every word when you brag about your 'Invincibelle Spirit,' the first pink Smooth Hydrangea, H. arborescens.  Gargantuan-sized balls of deep pink appear in mid-summer and continue into fall.  The showy blossoms last for months on the shrub, and for years in the vase. 

Like its beloved sister 'Annabelle,' one of the most desirable traits of the Smooth Hydrangea is that the flower buds are produced on new wood, providing multitudes of billowing blossoms right up to the first frost.  Grows 3-4 feet tall, 3-4 feet wide, and prefers shade to part shade.  In full sun, in dry hot weather additional watering will be needed.  Wonderful as a specimen, background for perennial gardens, in the woodland or in mass plantings.  Very easy to grow.

Summer Love Agastasche

Yummy, large red-purple flowers in dense clusters bloom continuously all summer and into fall. 'Summer Love' looks like a summer Liatris or Gay Feather. Forms attractive upright mounds of bright green, fragrant foliage.  Prefers sun. 

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A fresh supply of one of our favorite summer bloomers, the charming

BLUE STARS

Kalimeris

Delightful blue daisies cover dark green foliage all summer.  Perfect match up with Coneflowers or Black-eyed Susans.  Blue Stars grows around 12-18", prefers full sun and water during dry spells.

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‘Little Annie’ Coneflower, Echinacea

Out of the prairie of southern Illinois comes 'Little Annie' Coneflower, Echinacea, a creation we may be talking about for years--the tiniest, most floriferous coneflower to date.  Eric Shahlheber of Southernwood Gardens has created a hybrid that only grows 6"-9" in height.  (The height might vary some based on soil, light, fertilizer, etc., but he's grown them consistently at the 6" size -- basal foliage stays 3", with tiny flower stalks only a few inches taller than that.  Did I hear someone say "Perfect for fairy gardens!"???)

'Little Annie's' deep rich pink blossoms are also sterile, meaning they can't produce any viable seeds.  This characteristic creates plants that are blooming machines, giving everything they've got trying to reproduce.  'Little Annie' has proven to be one of the hardest workers of all, creating multitudes of flowers in summer and fall.

Its small stature and prolific blooms makes it perfect for containers, edging gardens, and as focal points in miniature settings. 

Gardening friends, you are only going to find this beauty at Sugar Creek Gardens.  Eric has given us the honor of introducing his baby to the world.  We'll have it for you in 2010, the rest of the world will have to wait until 2011.

Plants will be in limited supply.  Read more here.

A riot of color

'Fireworks'

Fountain Grass

This striking Pennisetum cultivar was discovered in a batch of P. s. ‘Rubrum,’ the old reliable Purple Fountain Grass that has been cherished for years. 

The new leaves are longitudinally striped with white, green, and burgundy, lending a candy cane-like appearance to the foliage.  In full sun, the green and white stripes become infused with hot pink, turning the entire clump into a glowing mass of hot pink and red foliage. 

Like ‘Rubrum’, large, reddish purple, arching bottlebrush plumes top the clump from midsummer to frost, turning tan as they age.  Only growing 2-3' makes it perfect for container gardening.  It prefers full sun to part shade.

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Echeveria nodulosa

Painted Lady or sometimes know as Mexican Hen and Chicks is a beautifully painted species of succulent Echeveria.  It forms rosettes of olive green leaves that are marked with vivid red coloring on the margins and in the center.  The red markings are so unique, they look almost as if they are hand-drawn with a felt tipped pen.  Much like Hen & Chicks Sempervivum, it forms a central rosette of foliage surrounded by many offsets.  The fleshy, pointed spoon shaped leaves form rosettes up to five inches wide.  The rosettes are borne on naked, branching stems.  In summer, pale yellow flowers with pinkish red markings are produced on up to 2 foot tall, erect, unbranched inflorescences, flower stalks, with bracts colored similarly as the leaves.  Echeveria nodulosa is commonly grown in containers as a temperennial where it is not hardy.  In such cases, the plants will grow as large as the container allows.  Given room, they can grow 1-2 feet tall.  Echeveria prefers sun to part shade, and likes protection from the hot afternoon sun.  It prefers well-drained, alkaline soil and likes to be kept watered in spring and summer.  It should not be watered during the winter.

Take the Guess Work Out

of Plant Selection

For colorful images of plants, descriptions and care instructions visit Reference Guide & Images.  For our listing of plants with sizes and prices visit Plant Price List.

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